Clothespin



UNITEDl STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLOTHESPIN.

Application iled February 5, 1921.

To all whom. t may concern: y

Be it known that I, I'IARRMANN STMMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bartlesville, in the county of Washington, State of Oklahoma, have invented ,certain new and useful Improvements in Clothespins; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of Y Y the invention, suoli as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to new and useful improvementsin clothes pins and particu larly to clothes pins in the form of clips.

One object of the invention is to produce a clothes pin or clip which is formed from a single length of spring wire and wherein the ends of the wire are so disposed as to be completely out of the way of catching on the clothing or the fingers of the operator.

Another object is to provide a clothes pin formed from a single length of wire in which a great leverage is inherent to more firmly gripthe clothes and line.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying Y drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clothes pin made in accordancevwith the invention.

F ig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

F ig. 3 is an end view looking toward the ends of the fingerpieces. Y

Fig. 4L is an end view looking toward the ends of the gripping jaws.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a pair of gripf ping jaws which are formed from two strands of the wire connected by the bight portions 11. One strand of each of the jaws extends to a point beyond the intermediate portion of the other strand thereof. To distinguislr the strands from each other the Shorter one will be designated 10. The

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Serial No. 442,771. j strand 10 continues upwardly and is connected with a downwardly extending portion 12 by the bight portion 13, the upper portion of the strand 10, the portion 12, and

the bight portion 13, combining to form a iingerpiece. The portion 12 is then bent into circular form and disposed between the strands 10 and 10,`as shown at 14, which produce spring coils. The upper ends of the strands 10 are disposed between the outer and inner portions of the coils, and said ends are bent outwardly around the junctures between the portions 12 and the coils as clearly. seen at 12.

/Vhen the iingerpieces are grasped between a finger and thumb and the same pressed inwardly toward each other, the coils will be moved axially so that the spring formed thereby is put under tension. This movement of the iingerpieces and the coils of the spring causes the jaws 10 to move away from each, and upon release of the fingerpieces the spring will move back to its normal position, separating the fingerpieces and closing the jaws.

What is claimed is:

A clothes pin formed from a single length of wire and comprising a central coil spring portion, iingerpieces. at one side of the coil spring portion and gripping jaws at the other side of said coil spring portion, both strands of each of the lngerpiece and gripping' jaw portionsextending transversely of 'the coilspring portion, one strand of each of the iingerpiece portions being connected to an end of the coil spring portion, and one strand of each oi the gripping jaw portions being extended between the coil spring portion and the said connection of the fingerpiece strand with the coil spring portion and disposed in embracing relation to said connection.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

HARRMANN STAMMER. 

